MCLEAN COUNTY MARKET

McLean County, North Dakota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the McLean County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Dakota for Benedict, Butte and Mercer. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in McLean County by the Numbers

McLean County has 742 farms on 1,049,482 acres (about 1,414 acres each). Together they sold $345.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 4,716 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in McLean County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in McLean County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, McLean County counts 32,661 head of cattle, 756 egg-laying hens and 511 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,318 people run or help run farms in McLean County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 128 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where McLean County stands out: it ranks #6 of 53 ND counties for number of farms and #6 of 46 ND counties for egg-laying hens.